@sonnet:

I'm extremely disappointed by the way the power-levels things is going to in Dressrosa'arc.

Law being so easily annihilated by DF doesn't make sense at all. Law defeated quite "easily" (once he got his hearth back) Vergo, whom was one of the most powerful members in
DF crew. Now, DF defeat quite easily , and without a scratch Law, whom was supposed to be at the level of Pica,Trebol and Diamante (since he was going to take the heart seat, and by the way he defeated Vergo ).

So DF beating so easily Law, it would be like Luffy beating without a scratch Zoro or Sanji.
Aside from that, it just makes more and more Dragonballesque the thing of the power levels: if someone at the level of Luffy knock-down 50k just by using the CoC, what about someone at DF level? And what about the Emperors?
I would have very much preferred if Oda kept things at more realistic level, instead of overpumping like he did with Violet's ability range.
Letting Law at least to land some hit in the 1vs 1 against DF would have been much better imo.
Particularly considering that Law knew DF abilities quite well, so it's not like he was taken by surprise (like it could be in Sanji case or Luffy in his first encounter).
Very very disappointing.

Don't forget that Law already battled with Fujitora and Doflamingo 2 on 1 before that.

"Episode 51" may be like NMH2's "starting at the 51st rank". Great value on this edition btw

That's really good news! I know this is just wishful thinking, but I would prefer if they kept the original GC voice actors, but it won't probably happen. They already confirmed that Xillia won't have this option right, or am I just making stuff up?

@Porcelainpot:

I was thinking of getting a 3DS too, but from what I heard, it's expensive and glitchy.

Well, the money issue really depends from what your possibilities are, but this last year the 3ds has been picking up steam and getting a considerable amount of varied, quality games, and will do for the rest of the year at least, so it may as well be worth it besides the handheld flexibility Darth Asthma already mentioned. It also has some neat bundles with games.

There have been some games for the system with really annoying bugs, but I wouldn't consider the console itself "glitchy".

Besides that, I agree that the PS3 has an incredible lineup of games, both from the current generation and the older ones.

Don't know what the best place would be to share this, or if there's any problem doing it, but I feel this is a really interesting initiative that I'd like to endorse.

It's about the more positive role games can have in the various aspects of society besides, and how the discourse around them can be something more than "they're not that bad".

http://www.rockethub.com/projects/25243

@Shadowgreed:

Actually I'm not joking even though I know that there's a 99% of him being Brannew but that 1% is still there, why would Brannew start reading a newspaper all of the sudden in a meeting with the FA?

Is the 1% because of the newspaper? Then maybe he just checked it to post more pages to the wall behind him, since it has other newspaper clippings?

Now's usually the time when trailers and videos show too much so I'm trying to keep away from them, but it's great that the response has been positive. Let's hope Suda's wrtiing excels in this one, once again.

@Cyber-Robin:

Anyone know what the day 1 edition is for Xillia? Just noticed my pre-order has been upgraded to that for no extra

Isn't that the one with the condensed artbook and CD?

So, Law's move name changed from "Shambles" to "Chambres" in volume 67; could anyone clarify why?

Well, I enjoyed both of the overall themes of Abyss and Graces - though they deal with different issues - but from what I remember, the biggest difference mechanics-wise are the existence of an overworld in Abyss (while Graces is smaller in comparison, most of it you don't travel on foot) and the battle system - the TP in Abyss and the CC in Graces, which work very differently; and then there are some more specific nuances level-up related. All in all, I believe you wouldn't go bad with either of them.